Olympics 2008

[Kevy Baby]

Okay, I am sure it is just another name in Isreal, but there is an athlete named Nimrod.

I'm sorry: I know it is juvenile, but I laughed when I saw that last night.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Okay, I am sure it is just another name in Isreal, but there is an athlete named Nimrod.

It's a biblical name (grandson of Noah and builder of the Tower of Babel per some stories). It's meaning of idiot is somewhat recent and generally credited to a Bugs Bunny cartoon (but such usage actually seems to predate the cartoon and it was probably an intentional combining of the Hebraic meaning of "hunter" with the existing slang meaning of dolt; very appropriate for Elmer Fudd).

The things I occasionally remember from various "Word of the Day" mailings.